Midnight Minuet, w/Scott C. remixed, 1/27

Finally, a not-so-boring one from me.    Scott did his parts and mixed it faster than I laid down the piano part.  And he did an amazing job, as always.  I hope you enjoy it.  It's my favorite one (of mine) so far. 

I'll admit...the piano track was helped a bit by input quantize.  I rarely use that, but tried it on this one.  Then I noticed it didn't put the notes exactly where they were supposed to be (left hand chords are 1/8 beat off.)  I was horrified at first, then realized it was pretty cool.  Unfortunately I probably couldn't play it this way, but oh well.    (what good is having a DAW if you can't fudge a little bit?)  :-)

Scott, take a bow, sir! 

Midnight Minuet

Scott 'fiddled' with the piano and other dynamics a bit.  Thanks, Scott!! :-)  And thanks for all your great comments, guys! 

This is just fabulous!  I love it!  probably my favorite of yours yet!

scotty - excellent chops my friend!

man - I love the dynamics in this!  the urgent feeling from the arpeggiated notes and staccato bowing moving to the slower 1/8th notes and legato bowing.  that's just fan-frickin' tastic!

no crits on the mix, either.  this is just great music!
 
BRAVO to both of you!

Thanks everyone, especially Janet for her patience.
 
Hey Janet, I suppose while you are calling Mercury, you might as well call Hummer, Saturn, Pontiac & Oldsmobile, since none of them are in business anymore.

They'll start manufacturing the Mercury Mistress again... This is the perfect soundtrack for it.

Still a great tune...

nice... I liked it (better) in the places when you backed off a bit and played with feeling.

Hi Janet and Scott, Excellent with a capital E and maybe a few exclamation marks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wonderful playing you both. The violin sounds nice and haunting in a sort of "Danse Macabre" sort of way. 

Greetings, Rik

P.S. This is definitely not boring and beyond charming, Janet

Thanks Rich.  It's sorta hard to go wrong with Scott onboard. :-)

Thanks, Mike. Well, this one's certainly not boring. :-) And yes, Scott's strings are always believable, and amazing.  I'm glad you like how it calms down at the end.  I heard this again last night for the first time in awhile and wondered if I shouldn't have picked it up again after the middle section.  I'm glad this works for you, since it's a little late now to change it. lol

Studiocat, thank you!  Now my challenge is to write another one this fun.  lol

Thank you, Rik!  (with a few exclamation marks.)  :-)  So we have to think of a new adjective now?  lol

Thanks Herb.  Yeah, there's one in every crowd.  lol

Mark, it has the same affect on me (makes me grin) (with Scott's parts added I mean.)  Thank you sir!  And yes, impeccable is a good way to describe his contribution. 

Wow nice!!! Great collab. Very dramatic and beautiful tones.

So you've got posts out there for "Midnight Minuet" and "Evening" - I have a feeling that your next tunes are going to be called "Early Dawn", "Late Morning" and "Nap Time".

When I saw this thread I thought this was gonna be the one you mentioned that you were waiting for Scott to put some guitar on, so I found myself waiting for the guitar to come in and so was probably a bit distracted on first listen, so I decided no to comment and come back with fresh ears. Very nicely done both. I found myself wondering if it would sound better at a slower tempo as in parts it felt a little like you were in a bit of a hurry. Not a crit as such - I'd be as pleased as a very happy person with a particular reason to feel very happy if I could play anywhere close to as well as this, just my thoughts as a listener. Very minor nit-pick would be to nix Scotty's last bit after your final flourish - I think it would sound better without that. Sorry Scotty ! ;)

Thanks so much, James!

Dave, what great ideas for song names!  Thanks!  :-)

Thanks John.  Glad you liked it. :-)

Paulo, I must have mentioned that he's played guitar on at least one of my songs.  Not this one though.  :-)  Slower, eh?  Well, it would be easy enough for me to slow the midi down, but I'd hate to ask Scott to start all over.  Glad you liked it the second time. :-) 

Thanks so much Tatey!  :-)

Thank you all for commenting. The thread title is a bit embarrassing, but I think Janet likes to embarrass me.

Paulo, I put the ending on, because it ended too abruptly in my opinion. Easy enough to delete or change, but I'll leave it up to Ms. Janet.

Jamesyoyo, I can remix with the piano in streo and see if I can keep it from stepping on the fiddles. I'll be happy to give it a try.

Very nice track.   I could totally see this in a medivial type movie, like Van Helsing or something like that.   Especially the first part very intense.  

Oh agreed, the lower chords sound great.

Chillingly beautiful!
 
Nice playing and EXCELLENT recording.
 
Would love to hear this on a concert grand and quartet of strings!
 
Any chance?
 
Sounds GREAT the way it is... definitely agree with the "use it for a commercial" comments. Has that drama to it!

Jim:  I was probably wearing leather when I wrote it....

Cliff...I didn't expect it either.  :-)  You listened twice?  Wow! :-)  And thank you!

Mathew, thank you very much!

Thank you, Daryl, and yes, I wrote it.  Of course, Scott's parts are the icing on the cake.  I think I watched Phantom of the Opera right before I sat down and played this.  Maybe I should expand my movie-watching to come up with more cool stuff like this.  :-)

Thank you, Kiki.  I'd have to practice a whole lot to be able to play this through in one sitting.  But it would sure be fun to try.  :-) 

Thanks, Jim.  I knew he'd do a superb job, but it still blows me away every time I hear it.  :-)